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Willie Nelson revealed that Kenny Rogers initially wanted him to record his massive hit The Gambler

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Willie Nelson revealed that his late friend Kenny Rogers initially wanted him to record his Grammy-winning hit song The Gambler from 1978.While the chart-topping track first ended up on albums by Johnny Cash andBobby Bare,Rogers was the one to bring the song tomainstream success.'Through the years, him and I were big pals,' the 87-year-oldmusician said on the Today show. 'In fact, he tried to get me to record The Gambler.' Willie Nelson revealed that his late friend Kenny Rogers initially wanted him to record his Grammy-winning hit The Gambler (seen in 2019)He added: 'We were somewhere, I don’t know, and he was like, "I’ve got this song, I think you should do it."' At the time, Nelson recalls saying it was a 'great song,' but declined.

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